Sinkhole risk in Red River Parish, LA: No soluble rock mapped
No soluble rock mapped
No soluble bedrock mapped.
- On soluble rock
- 0%
- At or near the surface
- 0%
- Buried under cover
- 0%
What to do about a house in Red River Parish
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 389 square miles, under one square mile of Red River Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 7,238 residents (19 per square mile), much of the land is open, and the mapped rock may sit far from where people actually live. The figures come from 615 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Red River Parish
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Adair County, OK, about 273 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- De Soto Parish, LA 23 mi west · 0% at surface
- Bienville Parish, LA 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Natchitoches Parish, LA 30 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Sabine Parish, LA 39 mi south · 0% at surface
- Winn Parish, LA 43 mi east · 0% at surface
- Webster Parish, LA 44 mi north · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Louisiana
Red River Parish ranks 41 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Acadia Parish 0%
- Allen Parish 0%
- Ascension Parish 0%
- Assumption Parish 0%
- Avoyelles Parish 0%